ajun
Assan
Etymology
From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔaʒ (“I”) + -un.
Pronoun
ajun
- we (first-person plural subjective)
Related terms
Romanian
Etymology
Probably from Latin iēiūnium or iēiūnus through a Vulgar Latin root *iaiūnus > *aiūnus, from Proto-Italic *jagjūnos, itself from Proto-Indo-European *Hyeh₂ǵ-yu-, adjectival form of *Hyeh₂ǵ-ye/o- (“to sacrifice”). Compare Spanish ayuno, French jeun, jeûne, also Italian digiuno. The equivalent Aromanian word agiun also carries the sense of 'starving', 'hungry'.
Noun
ajun n (plural ajunuri)
- fast, fasting (abstaining from or eating very little food)
- the day before a holiday when people fast, or in general the day before any event; eve
Declension
Declension of ajun
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) ajun | ajunul | (niște) ajunuri | ajunurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) ajun | ajunului | (unor) ajunuri | ajunurilor |
| vocative | ajunule | ajunurilor | ||
Synonyms
- (fast): post
Related terms
See also
Categories:
- Assan terms derived from Proto-Yeniseian
- Assan terms suffixed with -un
- Assan lemmas
- Assan pronouns
- Romanian terms inherited from Latin
- Romanian terms derived from Latin
- Romanian terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
- Romanian terms derived from Vulgar Latin
- Romanian terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Romanian terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Romanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian countable nouns
- Romanian neuter nouns